Yachts for Sale in the United Arab Emirates

The UAE has its own VAT, at five per cent, and it is outside the European Union, so EU VAT does not arise while a yacht stays here. If she is later to be used in the Mediterranean by an EU resident, her EU VAT position has to be settled on import, so it is worth knowing her status and her flag before an offer. Take specialist advice on both before you commit.

Between late autumn and spring. That is the cruising season, crews are aboard and a sea trial can be run in comfortable conditions. In high summer the heat makes a long sea trial and a hull inspection out of the water hard work for everyone involved, so if a purchase has to happen then, allow more time for the survey and plan the trial for early morning.

On any yacht that has been in the water, yes. A survey establishes the condition of the hull, the machinery and the systems, and a sea trial shows how she actually behaves at operating speed and at anchor. Offers are normally made subject to both, so the findings can be discussed before anything is final. On a yacht in build the equivalent is the yard's own sequence of inspections and the handover trials at the end of it.

You tell us which yacht interests you through the enquiry form on her listing. We confirm she is still available at the price shown, collect the documents the seller holds, and arrange a viewing wherever she is lying. From there the usual sequence is an offer subject to survey and sea trial, a deposit held in a client account, the survey and trial themselves, and then closing and registration. The Boatcrowd team coordinates each step and stays with you through it.